Jetan: The Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Throughout its hundred-year history, the game Jetan has influenced many writers and game designers. Invented by author Edgar Rice Burroughs for his 1922 novel The Chessmen of Mars, Jetan has been played by enthusiastic fans and serious gamers alike.

This first-ever book on Jetan explores the game's rules in depth and provides new interpretations based on up-to-date research. It chronicles the game's history, explores tactics and variants and provides a complete standard for notating games. Also included are three annotated Jetan playthroughs and several practice exercises. Over 80 diagrams and photographs are used as illustrations, and an essay about Edgar Rice Burroughs' lifelong interest in sports and games further contextualizes the game.

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Jetan: The Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Throughout its hundred-year history, the game Jetan has influenced many writers and game designers. Invented by author Edgar Rice Burroughs for his 1922 novel The Chessmen of Mars, Jetan has been played by enthusiastic fans and serious gamers alike.

This first-ever book on Jetan explores the game's rules in depth and provides new interpretations based on up-to-date research. It chronicles the game's history, explores tactics and variants and provides a complete standard for notating games. Also included are three annotated Jetan playthroughs and several practice exercises. Over 80 diagrams and photographs are used as illustrations, and an essay about Edgar Rice Burroughs' lifelong interest in sports and games further contextualizes the game.

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Jetan: The Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Jetan: The Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs

by Fredrik Ekman
Jetan: The Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Jetan: The Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs

by Fredrik Ekman

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Overview

Throughout its hundred-year history, the game Jetan has influenced many writers and game designers. Invented by author Edgar Rice Burroughs for his 1922 novel The Chessmen of Mars, Jetan has been played by enthusiastic fans and serious gamers alike.

This first-ever book on Jetan explores the game's rules in depth and provides new interpretations based on up-to-date research. It chronicles the game's history, explores tactics and variants and provides a complete standard for notating games. Also included are three annotated Jetan playthroughs and several practice exercises. Over 80 diagrams and photographs are used as illustrations, and an essay about Edgar Rice Burroughs' lifelong interest in sports and games further contextualizes the game.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476687933
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 09/27/2022
Pages: 211
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Fredrik Ekman is a middle school teacher living in Sweden. He is an active member of Edgar Rice Burroughs fandom, and often writes on various ERB-related topics.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface 1­
 1. The Rules
 2. The History of Jetan
 3. Games and Sports and Burroughs
 4. Jetan in The Chessmen of Mars
 5. Jetan in Popular Culture
 6. A Proposed Notation Standard
 7. Tactics of Jetan
 8. Sample Games
 9. Jetan Problems and Exercises
10. Variants of Jetan
11. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Image Credits
Appendix I: The Original Rules of Jetan
Appendix II: The Rules of Thuria Jetan
Appendix III: The Rules of ­­Jetan-Sarang
Bibliography
Index
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